English Stylistics: A Cognitive Grammar Approach

This textbook provides students with the analytical tools to approach Stylistics, an essential area in language analysis, based on Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar. It explores how writers use language to create meaning and how readers interpret texts, and is of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in English Linguistics and related areas.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 178 pages
Publication date: 07 April 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive textbook is grounded in the fundamental principles of Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar, providing students with the essential analytical tools to approach Stylistics, a crucial domain in language analysis. The author substantiates the assertion that changes in style, driven by distinct cognitive processes, correspond to changes in meaning, and demonstrates how they are utilized to achieve specific effects within a given context. The book seamlessly bridges theory and practice, aiming to familiarize students with the cognitive principles underlying stylistic expressions while equipping them with the necessary tools and techniques to conduct their own analyses. By delving into and elucidating how writers employ language resources to convey meaning and how readers interpret texts, this textbook offers valuable insights to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in courses in English Linguistics, as well as those engaged in the study of other languages and related fields such as Composition and Creative Writing.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031225550
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023